(Let me have the next dance with you)
A song from 1907.
Words by Alfred Bryan.
Music by Geo. W. Meyer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Sweet Daisy McVitty was fair, plump and pretty
The boys called her “Blondy” for short
Young Johnny O’Connor was sure stuck on her
And Johnny was quite a gay sport
The Bricklayers union, they held a reunion
And gave a grand ball Sunday night
And while they were dancing to music entrancing
He’d grab her and yell with delight
Chorus:
Let me have the next dance with you Blondy
Pretty Blondy, witty Blondy
Hold onto me tight, first the left, then the right
Now it’s one, two, three waltz with me
I’m just crazy to dance with you Blondy
Pretty Blondy, witty Blondy
I’d dance till I drop if the band didn’t stop
Blondy waltz with me
2. They thought he was crazy because he loved Daisy
And waltzed her all over the hall
Said Daisy, “Be aisy” my brain’s growing hazy
From spinning around like a ball
But he was no piker like some six-day biker
Once started he never would stop
He’d walk up and “nail her” and shout like a sailor
Though Daisy was ready to drop